CVE-2018-4049

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

An exploitable local privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the file system permissions of GOG Galaxy's “Games” directory, version 1.2.48.36 (Windows 64-bit Installer). An attacker can overwrite executables of installed games to exploit this vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-4049

Assigner
talos-cna@cisco.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-04-02T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2022-06-07T17:19:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-732	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/732.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gog:galaxy:1.2.48.36:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0723	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4049
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4049

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-04-20 17:01:15				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 18:56:17	2019-04-02T16:29Z	2019-04-02T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:56:17		2022-06-07T17:19:00	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 18:56:17		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated